I do love my K-01. The DA 35 and 50 are great lenses for the price, but I think I'd need something wider, was possibly thinking about the Tamron 17-55 2.8 or Sigma equivalent + keeping the K-01 and selling the rest.

I haven't been keeping up with the new offerings in the camera world, but I wouldn't mind going with an all-in-one smaller non-removable lens camera for the sake of simplicity and convince. That is, if one exists out there with the options. I'll be looking around.

And thank you for the suggestion on the Eye-Fi, I'll have to look into that!

I'm looking to par-down my entire Pentax kit (K-01, K-30, 18-55, Rokinon 8, DA Limited 40, DA* 55, Tamron 90 macro, Tamron 70-200 2.8) because I just don't use this stuff... only things that see use are my K-01 + 18-55 and hot shoe flashes + triggers. I run an ecommerce bussiness selling clothing online and am looking to purchase a camera (doesn't have to be Pentax and doesn't necessarily have to be a mirrorless or DSLR camera either) that meets these requirements.

- MUST have hot shoe flash option

and would be awesome if it could also:

- be able to shoot in the square 1:1 aspect ratio
- have option for wireless remote

Any and all suggestions, please throw out here.
I'm willing to spend ~$500+ if need be, but if I can get something for cheaper that's on-par quality-wise with my K-01 + 18-55 and meets the above requirements, that would be awesome. I just need a new workhorse camera. Added some example pictures of what I do below.

For those that aren't familiar with the book, one of the central themes is getting lost and caught-up in a materialistic world. The eyes are a dominant symbol, meant to represent the dullness, the emptiness, and corruptness of America's shift in values... towards consumeristic / materialistic.

Hopefully they'll be more to come... thinking of doing a themed series with other books and works of literature.

"I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God. I took her to the window" – with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it – "and I said ‘God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God!’"

Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.

"God sees everything," repeated Wilson.

...Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight."

I really don't have much time for photography anymore, this stuff is just sitting here collecting dust. :(

I know a lot of you guys on here have got LBA and are constantly scouring the internet for sales and good deals, so maybe you can help me out a bit... I'm looking for fair prices to price some of my gear at. I know that the lens reviews section isn't the most accurate because it takes the average the people have paid over the years and I'm looking for current values.

Oh... thanks for noticing that. I uploaded a test video the other day (only about 1/4 of the movie and it took a little while, but eventually the 1080HD option became available). Hopefully this is the case here as well, the video itself was just uploaded pretty recently (after a nearly 1-hour upload wait)... please do check back!

So a couple weeks ago, I posted a thread asking for some basic video tips because I was really really clueless about this stuff... I got lots of great replies and helpful posts, so I just wanted to thank everyone for helping make the video a success (at least, I think it is...)

In case you don't understand what the whole thing is about, then in a nutshell:

School project that we were assigned to do as a final for AP Lit. We got characters assigned from novels that we've read (in this case, Bump from Malamud's The Natural, Avdotya Raskolnikov from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, and the Fool from Shakespear's King Lear).

If you haven't read Crime and Punishment, some background needed to help understand the video: Avdotya/Addy is supposed to marry this conceited guy, Luzhin, for money and to save her mom and brother. Her brother, Raskolnikov killed Alyona (with the blunt side of an ax), the pawnbroker for money, and is serving time in Siberia.

We were also assigned a random setting and some elements that needed to be incorporated into the video (Saw Doctors meet and greet, a peculiar sense of smell, and a time traveling character). So if it doesn't make any sense to you guys, I guess it's fine... the audience viewing it should know what's up because they were supposed to have read these works too. ;)

And btw, it looks quite nice when you watch it full 1080HD; worth waiting for it to load!

Also, if you had the time, it would be helpful if you posted what you thought was good/bad about the video. What you liked/disliked.

In case you don't understand what the whole thing is about, then in a nutshell:

School project that we were assigned to do as a final for AP Lit. We got characters assigned from novels that we've read (in this case, Bump from Malamud's The Natural, Avdotya Raskolnikov from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, and the Fool from Shakespear's King Lear). We were also assigned a random setting and some elements that needed to be incorporated into the video (Saw Doctors meet and greet, a peculiar sense of smell, and a time traveling character). So if it doesn't make any sense to you guys, I guess it's fine... the audience viewing it should know what's up because they were supposed to have read these works too. ;)

And btw, it looks quite nice when you watch it full 1080HD; worth waiting for it to load!

I'm really tempted to just sell a lens or two that I don't really use and/or my K01 body... I've been eyeing that MX1 for the longest time...

The only thing that holds me back is the fact that it does not have a hot-shoe flash mount, which is something that really comes in handy for me. (hot shoe bounce/swivel flash, wireless flash transmitters, all that great stuff...)

You really need to pick up a camera and start shooting, you don't know what you're missing out on! We have some great knowledgeable people here that can help you with almost any film or digital photography related questions. :)

I hate the on-camera flash, however I love my hot-shoe bounce/swivel flash that can be triggered wirelessly. Takes some playing around, but the time and effort is worth it, hot-shoe/off camera flash is a great thing to have when you know how to use it correctly. :)

Cameras lose value quicker, glass prices stay relatively stable. If you buy the lens and are still unhappy with your quality, then I'd say invest your money in a new body (unless you really NEED the features like WR, higher MP, and focus-peaking that the K-30 offers right now). Most likely you won't even notice a huge difference in your casual every-day shooting between a K-r and K-30. The best photographers can make even the crappiest of cameras perform like champs. ;)